Jewish Jumbos: A Community Segregated From Within
Linder, Ilana Lauren
2013
- When students leave home and move to college, they gain a great deal of freedom in deciding what shape their individual lives will take, what interests they will pursue, and which aspects of their pre-college lives they will abandon. One such decision students must make is whether or not to embrace their religion once they escape the realm of overbearing parents and gain full-control over their ... read moredaily activities. It is the intent of this research project to use both quantitative and qualitative methods in speaking with ten diverse undergraduates to take a closer look at how a specific group of undergraduates go about making the choice of whether or not to become involved with their religion on their own while away for college. In particular, the seeming discrepancy that exists between identifying oneself with a macro-level (broad') Jewish community and claiming membership in the micro-level (University') Jewish community is explored. In attempting to explain this differentiation, predictors of group-identification for each level' will be considered, both independently as well as cohesively. Furthermore, it will be revealed that the Jewish student population at this university is one that continuously perpetuates segregation from within itself.read less
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